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ram⋅e⋅quin

  [ram-i-kin]
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–noun
ramekin.

ram⋅e⋅kin

  [ram-i-kin]
–noun
1. a small, separately cooked portion of a cheese preparation or other food mixture baked in a small dish without a lid.
2. a small dish in which food can be baked and served.
Also, ramequin.

Origin:
1700–10; < F ramequin < dial. D, MD rammeken
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ram·e·kin also ram·e·quin   (rām'ĭ-kĭn)   
n.  

  1. A cheese preparation made with eggs and bread crumbs or unsweetened puff pastry, baked and served in individual dishes.

  2. A small dish used for baking and serving.


[French ramequin, perhaps from Dutch dialectal rammeken, toasted bread, or from Low German ramken, diminutive of ram, cream (from Middle Low German rōme).]
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